Faristenia mukurossivora
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| Species: | F. mukurossivora
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| Faristenia mukurossivora Ueda & Ponomarenko, 2000
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Faristenia mukurossivora is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.[1] It is found in Japan (Honshu).[2]
The length of the forewings is 6.2-6.8 mm for males and 6.5-7.4 mm for females. The forewings are dark brownish grey with dense whitish grey irroration and with scattered blackish scales. There are five fuscous marks on the costa, a large, obscure fuscous mark on the cell and blackish small dots near the apex. The hindwings are pale brownish grey, scattered with ochreous.[3]
The larvae feed on Sapindus mukurossi.
References
- ^ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
- ^ Faristenia at funet
- ^ Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 51 (2) : 122